08-29-2017, 11:59 AM
Glad Barrie is doing better. It sounds like you've got it under control. Also good job on keeping it clinical considering the parts you are talking about. I hope he keeps doing better.
That is the rough thing when it comes to reptiles. You would think as many breeders and as long as many of them live that there would be more. My vet straight up told me, when I took one of my Leopard Geckos (Kate) to the vet, he has no training and doesn't see geckos often. Which is why I don't take my geckos to the vet until I've tried everything I can think of to do and what I'm doing isn't working. Which is also why Charlie never made it to a vet.
If you think about it, human doctors go school for 9 years. 4 of regular college in a bachelors degree and 5 in medical school. In that time they spend 2 or 3 years learning basics and then they have to choose a focus. From that point they then have to intern in that field for 2-3 years and then pass the board to become a doctor.
Then you have veterinarians. They go to school for 9 years. 4 to get a bachelors and then 5 in veterinarian school. Same as humans they learn the basics but then there isn't a "basic" animal. They have to learn dogs and cats. Then they have to decide if they are going to focus on small animals, large animals, or exotics. Either way they are having to study multiple different animals. Which is why you see mostly dog and cat vets and fewer large breed and exotic focused practices. It's much easier to study 2 than multiples. I have a cousin that is a Veterinarian. His focus is large animals such as horses and cows but he has a small animal practice as well. He's not the friendliest or easiest to talk to (God complex, know-it-all), but if I can, I'll ask him more detailed questions about what he had to go through for school.
That is the rough thing when it comes to reptiles. You would think as many breeders and as long as many of them live that there would be more. My vet straight up told me, when I took one of my Leopard Geckos (Kate) to the vet, he has no training and doesn't see geckos often. Which is why I don't take my geckos to the vet until I've tried everything I can think of to do and what I'm doing isn't working. Which is also why Charlie never made it to a vet.
If you think about it, human doctors go school for 9 years. 4 of regular college in a bachelors degree and 5 in medical school. In that time they spend 2 or 3 years learning basics and then they have to choose a focus. From that point they then have to intern in that field for 2-3 years and then pass the board to become a doctor.
Then you have veterinarians. They go to school for 9 years. 4 to get a bachelors and then 5 in veterinarian school. Same as humans they learn the basics but then there isn't a "basic" animal. They have to learn dogs and cats. Then they have to decide if they are going to focus on small animals, large animals, or exotics. Either way they are having to study multiple different animals. Which is why you see mostly dog and cat vets and fewer large breed and exotic focused practices. It's much easier to study 2 than multiples. I have a cousin that is a Veterinarian. His focus is large animals such as horses and cows but he has a small animal practice as well. He's not the friendliest or easiest to talk to (God complex, know-it-all), but if I can, I'll ask him more detailed questions about what he had to go through for school.
